The Government of Rwanda (GoR) defines good governance as: "the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage the nation’s affairs and the complex mechanisms, processes, relationships and institutions as well as leadership behaviour through which citizens’ groups articulate their interests, exercise their rights and obligations and meditate their differences". 

The General Directorate in charge of Good Governance in MINALOC is responsible of both promoting the good culture of Good Governance towards the fight against poverty and Territorial Administration within decentralized entities.

This General Directorate has three desks:

- Territorial Administration
- Fiscal and Financial Analysis
- Civil Society Policy